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RSU: Corrupted decision firmware after loading initial RSU image jic (Stratix 10)

Hi,

I'm programming an initial RSU image JIC containing a factory image and two application images and, after power cycling, the device always boots to the factory image with an RSU_STATUS of 

Current Image   : 0x00110000
Last Fail Image : 0x00100000
State           : 0xf004d00f
Version         : 0x0dcf0202
Error location  : 0x00000000
Error details   : 0x00000000
Retry counter   : 0x00000000

where state 0xF004D00F indicates decision firmware corruption. However, if I query the RSU DCMF status everything looks ok:

DCMF0: OK
DCMF1: OK
DCMF2: OK
DCMF3: OK

Perhaps there's something wrong with the boot.rbf that I assigned to the BOOT_INFO section? I generated the boot.rbf as follows:

quartus_pfg -c factory_image.sof boot.rbf -o rsu_boot=ON

Any ideas why the decision firmware is reported as being corrupted?

Extra info:

1) Note that the RSU image is otherwise fine, that is, the SPT/CPB are good and I can successfully switch to all the application images. Therefore, I don't believe there were any bit errors during JIC programming.

2) I  tried programming the initial RSU image using an SPT/CPB size of 32 KB and also 64 KB, and both gave the same result.

3) I'm not using the HPS, I'm using a Nios II core connected to the mailbox although I'm not sure this affects the decision firmware at all.

4) I attached the pfg that I used to generate the initial RSU image. The factory and application images are signed RBFs.

Regards,

Phil

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  • tehjingy_Altera's avatar
    tehjingy_Altera
    1 month ago

    Hi plancheres 

    The likely issue is that factory.rbf and the application RBFs are signed, but factory_boot.rbf was generated as an unsigned RBF:

     

    quartus_pfg -c factory_image.sof factory_boot_unsigned.rbf -o rsu_boot=ON

     

    Please sign the generated BOOT_INFO RBF using the same signing chain and private key used for the factory image:

     

    quartus_sign --family=stratix10 --operation=sign \  --qky=<signing_chain.qky> \  --pem=<signing_private_key.pem> \  factory_boot_unsigned.rbf factory_boot_signed.rbf

     

    Update Bitstream 1 in the PFG to use the signed file:

    <bitstream id="Bitstream_1">    <path>factory_boot_signed.rbf</path> </bitstream>

     

     

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  • tehjingy_Altera's avatar
    tehjingy_Altera
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    1 month ago

    Hi plancheres 

    The likely issue is that factory.rbf and the application RBFs are signed, but factory_boot.rbf was generated as an unsigned RBF:

     

    quartus_pfg -c factory_image.sof factory_boot_unsigned.rbf -o rsu_boot=ON

     

    Please sign the generated BOOT_INFO RBF using the same signing chain and private key used for the factory image:

     

    quartus_sign --family=stratix10 --operation=sign \  --qky=<signing_chain.qky> \  --pem=<signing_private_key.pem> \  factory_boot_unsigned.rbf factory_boot_signed.rbf

     

    Update Bitstream 1 in the PFG to use the signed file:

    <bitstream id="Bitstream_1">    <path>factory_boot_signed.rbf</path> </bitstream>

     

     

    • plancheres's avatar
      plancheres
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      1 month ago

      Thank you for the clear solution tehjingy!

      Yes, my factory images and application images are signed and encrypted. Your solution worked, that is, signing the BOOT_INFO RBF with the quartus_sign command that you showed fixed the decision firmware corruption issue. My initial RSU image now boots into the first application image.

      Regards,

      Phil

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    plancheres
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    1 month ago

    The pfg attachment isn't working so I'm copying the pfg file here, used to generate the initial RSU image:

    <pfg version="1">
    <settings custom_db_dir="./" mode="ASX4"/>
    <output_files>
        <output_file name="initial_rsu_dual_boot_image_64K_SPT_CPB" directory="." type="JIC">
            <file_options/>
            <secondary_file type="MAP" name="initial_rsu_dual_boot_image_64K_SPT_CPB_jic">
                <file_options/>
            </secondary_file>
            <flash_device_id>Flash_Device_1</flash_device_id>
        </output_file>
    </output_files>
    <bitstreams>
        <bitstream id="Bitstream_1">
            <path>factory_boot.rbf</path>
        </bitstream>
        <bitstream id="Bitstream_2">
            <path>factory.rbf</path>
        </bitstream>
        <bitstream id="Bitstream_3">
            <path>Application_1.rbf</path>
        </bitstream>
        <bitstream id="Bitstream_4">
            <path>Application_2.rbf</path>
        </bitstream>
    </bitstreams>
    <flash_devices>
        <flash_device type="MT25QU02G" id="Flash_Device_1">
            <partition reserved="1" fixed_s_addr="1" s_addr="0x00000000" e_addr="0x0010FFFF" fixed_e_addr="1" id="BOOT_INFO" size="0"/>
            <partition reserved="1" extra_space="262144" fixed_s_addr="1" s_addr="0x00110000" e_addr="auto" fixed_e_addr="0" id="FACTORY_IMAGE" size="0"/>
            <partition reserved="1" fixed_s_addr="1" s_addr="auto" e_addr="auto" fixed_e_addr="1" id="SPT0" size="65536"/>
            <partition reserved="1" fixed_s_addr="1" s_addr="auto" e_addr="auto" fixed_e_addr="1" id="SPT1" size="65536"/>
            <partition reserved="1" fixed_s_addr="1" s_addr="auto" e_addr="auto" fixed_e_addr="1" id="CPB0" size="65536"/>
            <partition reserved="1" fixed_s_addr="1" s_addr="auto" e_addr="auto" fixed_e_addr="1" id="CPB1" size="65536"/>
            <partition reserved="0" fixed_s_addr="0" s_addr="auto" e_addr="auto" fixed_e_addr="0" id="P1" size="0"/>
            <partition reserved="0" fixed_s_addr="0" s_addr="auto" e_addr="auto" fixed_e_addr="0" id="P2" size="0"/>
        </flash_device>
        <flash_loader>1SM21BHU1AS</flash_loader>
    </flash_devices>
    <assignments>
        <assignment partition_id="BOOT_INFO">
            <bitstream_id>Bitstream_1</bitstream_id>
        </assignment>
        <assignment page="0" partition_id="FACTORY_IMAGE">
            <bitstream_id>Bitstream_2</bitstream_id>
        </assignment>
        <assignment page="1" partition_id="P1">
            <bitstream_id>Bitstream_3</bitstream_id>
        </assignment>
        <assignment page="2" partition_id="P2">
            <bitstream_id>Bitstream_4</bitstream_id>
        </assignment>
    </assignments>
</pfg>